Andermatt restaurant becomes Switzerland’s fifth three-star Michelin venue

The Japanese Restaurant has taken its place among Switzerland’s five three-star Michelin venues. The restaurant, inside The Chedi luxury hotel in Andermatt, canton Uri, was promoted from two stars to three, the Michelin Guide announced on Monday night. The announcement came during a ceremony in the Alpine resort, placing the award in the same town where the restaurant operates. Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon lead its kitchen. The promotion expands a small national group that had previously comprised four restaurants. Switzerland counts 133 Michelin-starred restaurants this year across all three star levels. The Andermatt restaurant’s new standing is therefore part of a wider national tally, while its third star marks a distinct step into the Guide’s top tier. The Michelin Guide’s announcement was published on November 3, 2026.

Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon are at the helm of the newly three-star kitchen. Their restaurant sits within The Chedi, a luxury hotel in Andermatt, where the Michelin Guide’s promotion adds a third star to its previous two. The award identifies The Japanese Restaurant as the newest member of Switzerland’s top Michelin tier. The chefs’ names are central to the announcement because they are responsible for the kitchen at the restaurant receiving the distinction. The Guide revealed the upgrade on Monday night during a ceremony held in the Alpine holiday resort. That setting linked the national recognition directly to Andermatt, in canton Uri, rather than to one of Switzerland’s established three-star addresses elsewhere. The restaurant now joins four venues that already held the top rating. Its promotion brings the number of Swiss three-star restaurants to five.

Four restaurants held Switzerland’s three-star distinction before Andermatt joined them. They are Memories in Bad Ragaz, canton St Gallen; the Hôtel de Ville in Crissier, canton Vaud; Cheval Blanc in Basel; and Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau, canton Graubünden. The Japanese Restaurant’s promotion makes it the fifth venue in that group. The list stretches across several regions, from Basel and Vaud to eastern Switzerland and Graubünden, with the new member in Uri. Each name represents a restaurant already identified by the Michelin Guide’s highest star count. The Andermatt award changes the group’s size from four to five, while leaving its other members in place. The Guide’s announcement confirms that Switzerland’s top tier now includes a restaurant in the Alpine resort of Andermatt, alongside the four established addresses.

Switzerland has 133 Michelin-starred restaurants this year. The national count comprises five three-star venues, 22 with two stars and 106 with one star. Seven restaurants are new among the one-star recipients. Those figures put The Japanese Restaurant’s promotion in perspective: it joins a small top tier within a much larger group of starred establishments across the country. The three categories together account for the full 133-restaurant total. The figures also show how the star distribution is concentrated: the one-star category is the largest, while the three-star group remains limited to five restaurants after the Andermatt upgrade. For Uri, the award places a restaurant in the canton’s Andermatt resort among Switzerland’s highest-rated Michelin venues. For the national picture, the Guide’s latest count records both the new three-star member and the breadth of restaurants recognized at the lower star levels.